Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. 10 US Navy sailors missing after ships collide, Saudi Airlines says no permission yet to land in Qatar, Jerry Lewis, comedian, telethon host, dies at 91. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:0010 sailors are missing and 5 were injured after a US warship collided with an oil tanker
00:14east of Singapore, the US Navy said.
00:17It's the second accident involving US Navy destroyers in Asian waters in little more
00:21than two months.
00:23The guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with the merchant vessel Alnick MC
00:29before dawn while heading to Singapore for a routine port call.
00:33Initial reports indicate John S. McCain sustained damage to her port side aft, the Navy said.
00:40Saudi Arabian Airlines Director General Saleh Al-Jaser said that his airline has not been
00:45granted permission to land in Qatar, despite submitting the application several days ago.
00:51Last week, Saudi Arabia's King Salman ordered the land border crossing with Qatar be reopened
00:56to help facilitate the Hajj pilgrimage for Qatari pilgrims.
01:00He also offered to fly in Qatari pilgrims on Saudi Airlines at his own expense as a
01:04brotherly gesture to Qatari citizens despite tension with their rulers.
01:10Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative
01:15partnership with Dean Martin, has died.
01:18He was 91.
01:19Lewis died Sunday of natural causes in Las Vegas with his family by his side, publicist
01:25Kandy Kazao said.
01:26In Las Vegas, a message honouring the comedian is being featured on a marquee at Caesars
01:31Palace where Lewis was once a headliner and had also hosted telethons.
01:38And finally, the weather.
01:39Today's high across the UAE will be 44 degrees Celsius, dropping to 32 degrees at night.
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